Citations:thon
English citations of thon
Subjective pronoun: they (singular)
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- 1889 November, C. Crozat Converse, “That Desired Impersonal Pronoun”, in The Writer[1], volume 3, number 2, Boston: William H. Hills, page 248:
- Every writer has "thons" verbal likes and dislikes, yet, for the sake of convenience, I trust that even "thon" who dislikes verbal innovations will give my little word a little trial and note for me the result.
- 1907 August, C. W. Larisunz, “Thε Sol:—Hwens?—Hwither?”, in Thε Jurnɑl ɵv ɷrthɵεpi & ɷrthɵgrɑfi[3], volume 24, number 8, page 153:
- 1985, William Knowlton Zinsser, On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction[4], 3rd edition, New York: Harper & Row, →ISBN, →LCCN, LCC PE1429.Z5 1985, page 121:
Objective pronoun: them (singular)
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- 1884 July 23, C. C. Converse, “A New Pronoun”, in The Critic and Good Literature[5], number 31, New York, published 1884 August 2, page 55:
- If Mr. or Mrs. A. comes to the courthouse on Monday next I will be there to meet thon.
- 2013 August 27, batchix, “2013-08-27”, in Robots and Racks[6], retrieved 2014-03-26:
- Peach: Relax, we just want to hire your services.
- Servant of Silence: Are you prepared to accept the terms of payment?
- Peach: …Sure.
- Servant of Silence: Then Follow.
- Crash: Wait Peach, how do we know we can trust him… er, her.
- Servant of Silence: "Thon."
- Crash: Whu-buh?
- Servant of Silence: "Thon." I was not assigned a gender at the date of my creation and I choose none now. You may use the pronoun "thon" to refer to me indirectly.